7. Sell yourself
Chamberlain ran hard on the court, and he was everywhere he had the ball. O'Brient was not his opponent at all, and he was restricted to death.
Both penalty areas of the stadium became a no-fly zone in Chamberlain's hands. Old Nelson watched from the side with a smile. He didn't expect that he would be so lucky. The new season was about to begin, but he picked up a treasure in the penalty area without any effort.
Chamberlain's physical fitness is not only seen in his life, but his basketball level is not worth mentioning in his opinion - Chamberlain's performance on the offensive side is too ugly. He is a mess with the basic skills that inside players should master, except for the aerial relay, and dunks under the basket, other small hooks, mid-range shots, and back-on singles.
In fact, Chamberlain does not understand these offensive skills. Since the fourth grade, he has been playing inside due to his height. He really loves basketball, so he has been actively training his inside skills. In fact, not only small hooks, but also big hooks that have disappeared in the NBA.
However, his physical fitness is too far from before. Now he cannot master strength and speed well and dare not attack easily. Otherwise, he will either bounce too high or use too much force like the opening game. In short, he will only make jokes.
Chamberlain's football quotient is not low. When he was playing on the school team, he was always the first person in the team to understand the coach's tactical arrangements. He knew his advantage now, that is defense, and he also knew who Old Nelson wanted, that was the iron gate in the interior.
Old Nelson, an outstanding tactical master and technical innovator in the NBA, the inventor of ball-handling striker, and the fomenting tactics are carried forward. He is known as the number one offensive madman among NBA coaches and implements the "12-second end game" tactic. Now many fans think Old Nelson only knows offense and only knows how to attack, but as we all knows that a head coach who only knows attack cannot win the honor of the best coach in the NBA.
However, in 1983, 1985 and 1992, Nelson won the NBA Best Coach title three times respectively. In NBA history, only one other person can do this, that is, Pat Riley, the godfather of the Heat who is still not famous today.
Let me say one more thing, that is, as we all know, the Spurs are the best team in the league to defend, and the head coach of the Spurs Greg Popovich used to be an assistant coach in the hands of Old Nelson. Offense can win box office, and defense can win the championship. This is the iron law of the NBA. The reason why Old Nelson suddenly changed from a defensive expert to an offensive madman is because this old madman doesn't believe in evil. He wants to break this rule and create a team that can still win the championship by relying on offense.
Chamberlain knew very well that in the bombardment tactics that Old Nelson advocated, there were high requirements for the organizational guards, but not high requirements for the inside. His demand for the inside on the offensive end was very simple. He could keep up with the other four people and dunk. However, his requirements for the inside defense were not ordinary high, because the other four players only needed to attack, so what should the team's defense do? Naturally, the center will do it.
Chamberlain understood this, and he was also working towards this point. On the offensive end, he tried to help his teammates pick-and-roll, and occasionally seized the opportunity to use speed and bounce to rush into the penalty area to make a dunk. His performance was just average. But on the defensive end, he was not like this.
Li Baichuan almost achieved the ultimate defense by grabbing rebounds, blocking positions, blocking offense, assisting defense, and making up for defense. With his own advantage in the yellow team, the yellow team, was even more prosperous, and the Red team completely collapsed. Their inside line was useless. Chamberlain beat O'Brient so hard that he could not find North.
Old Nelson replaced personnel in time. Bidlings, who had been watching the fun on the court, was replaced on the court, and Chamberlain was transferred to the bench.
The seemingly thin Bidlins is also a villain with a strong gangster today, but today he is helpless when facing the more fierce Chamberlain, the physical quality gap is too big!
Not as tall as the opponent, not as strong as the opponent, he can't bounce than the opponent, and his speed and strength are not as good as the opponent. The most helpless thing is that Chamberlain is very familiar with his defensive skills. He always has the right time to get the position, and Bidlins can't grab the rebound in front of him.
How helpful is an excellent inside line to the team? Just look at the draft in NBA history. It has been more than 60 years since the establishment of 1946 BAA (which can be regarded as the predecessor of the NBA). As of the 2007 season, there were only one of them who had 60 No. 1 picks in 60 seasons, and only one of them was a pure defender. That is the answer that is now at the top of the NBA. Allen Iverson, and the others are even the Little Emperor LeBron James in 2003, who is also a striker rather than a defender.
Chamberlain defended his own penalty area with a tough defense. He fought fiercely on the court to assist and make up for every teammate, without complaints, and caught the Yellow team, which had the advantage in strength, off guard. None of the ruthless people like Ellis could take action in the inside and could only shoot frequently.
After watching the half game, Old Nelson turned his head to look at Samar and said in a deep voice: "Okay, man, you finally did a job worthy of your salary. This kid is not bad, I accept it, help me contact his agent, I want to talk to him about signing the contract."
Samar still had the shapeless posture. He stretched out four fingers and shook it, and smiled and said, "Four million a year, or a ten-day short contract. Old Tang, you are lucky. I am the agent of this kid. For the sake of our working together, I will give you a discount."
Old Nelson was drinking a drink. After hearing this, he sprayed out the drink that had just swallowed into his mouth. He coughed and widened his eyes and screamed, "Man, did you have his head kicked by a donkey? Or did you enter the age of Alzheimer's disease early? Four million! Man, four million, do you know how much it cost for the Trail Blazers to sign the big man from Ohio State?"
The person he is talking about is Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in this year's draft, who once played for Ohio State University for a season and is hailed as the center that carries the last hope of the local basketball world in the United States.
Samar shrugged indifferently and said carelessly: "Oh, of course I know, the Trail Blazers also bought the boy for four million. But do you know what he is doing now? There is something wrong with that boy's knee, at least he can't compete all season, but what about Big Z? He can play for you at any time..."
Oden just announced last month that he had undergone surgery on his knee and would have a rest for at least half a year.
Old Nelson laughed and said, "But you know, Oden is the No. 1 pick, do you understand? He is the No. 1 pick! And you also know that the kid's performance on both offense and defense is definitely the strength to dominate the league, and he is indeed worth the price."
After hearing this, Samar was a little unhappy. He frowned and said, "Hey, Lao Tang, what do you mean? Do you want to say that Z does not have the strength to become the No. 1 pick? Damn your eyes are blocked by damn shit?"
As he said that, a mysterious smile appeared on Samar's face and said slowly: "Also, do you think Oden can rule the league? Do you want to make a bet? I dare say that kid will become the famous parallel pick in NBA history. The person who should be the No. 1 pick is Chamberlain!"
Old Nelson has always been cunning, but he cannot tell lies against his conscience. Indeed, in his heart, Chamberlain has the ability to show his first pick. Just looking at his performance on the defensive end, it is enough to be worth a No. 1 pick.
In the view of Nelson, no matter how bad Chamberlain is, his current strength is comparable to Dwight Howard, who has been polished in the league for three seasons, who was the No. 1 pick in 2004.
Asked by Samar, Old Nelson fell silent. He walked around the place twice and said decisively: "Two million and eight million a year, this is the biggest contract I can give this little guy!"
After hearing this, Nelson was anxious, old man, what are you doing? This guy hasn't stepped on the NBA floor yet, just because he performed a little better in the training game, you will give him a salary of nearly three million? There is no mud in his mind, right?
Samar smiled. He ignored Chamberlain who was trying hard to wink him, shook his head and said, "Old Tang, you know, the price of four million is not expensive at all. The reason I brought Z to you is because we are colleagues, and I know that Z can only exert its maximum power in your hands. Four million US dollars, no other price!"
If it weren't for the moment when the negotiations were tight, Chamberlain really wanted to slap Samar, I said, "Brother, are you confused?" I'm not inferior, but at the market price, I'm really not worth four million, two million. Two.8 million is enough!"
How much is the 2.8 million US dollars? Chamberlain has never seen him. He was born in a Chinese slum, but he never dared to dream of having 2.8 million yuan one day! He has only seen millions of things, which are sperm released by his right hand.
Both sides were desperately stinging their bottom line. Old Nelson only gave 2.8 million, and Samar must have 4 million. It’s not that old Nelson was stingy. In fact, in his eyes, Chamberlain was indeed worth 4 million. The problem was that he was just the head coach of the Warriors rather than the general manager. The amount of 2.8 million was already the limit for the fluctuation of a player’s salary. No matter how high it was, it was impossible.
Samar didn't know where he came from, so he was determined to ask Chamberlain for 4 million. Nelson, a young man, wanted to slap the table several times to announce the failure of the negotiations, but the old Nelson, who had always been irritated, suddenly became calm today and refused to let Chamberlain go.
"Otherwise, I can only do this. I will give him a short contract of ten days. You know North, I can't give a contract of four million for a rookie who has not played a game in public for no reason. If he can conquer Chris's stingy guy in ten days, then four million is absolutely fine." Old Nelson finally gave in to this level, which seemed too incredible to the young Nelson.
Yes, it really goes against his professional ethics when Old Nelson does this. His performance is because Samar conspires to cheat the team's salary for the players.
This proposal, which seemed very meaningless to the young Nelson, passed the review of Samar. After listening to the old Nelson's suggestion, he said happily: "The deal is completed, a short contract for ten days, and after ten days, prepare four million US dollars."
Old Nelson was decisive and after the negotiations, he immediately called the club's legal officer Del Cole to provide a ten-day contract to Chamberlain.
Chamberlain looked at Samar with a gaze and whispered: "Boss, I think it's more reliable to have 2.8 million."
Two hundred and eight hundred thousand, two hundred and eight hundred thousand, two hundred and eight hundred thousand!
Samar said calmly: "Wait for another ten days, your value can increase by 1.2 million. Believe me, my prediction is very accurate." As he said this, a mysterious smile appeared on his face.
After all, it was Samar who discovered himself, and Chamberlain was still very polite. He followed the other party's advice and signed his name on four contracts, one in Chinese and English.
In fact, after all, Chamberlain is also very confident in himself. He feels that with his sudden change of body, he is enough to become a superstar. As long as he adapts to his current physical fitness and restores his previous offensive ability, he will dominate the NBA!
NBA players all need to sign four contracts, one left by the player, one left by the team, and one handed over to the NBA headquarters for filing, and the last one handed over to the state court where the team is located (Yao Ming's last one handed over to the General Administration of Sports of China).
After Chamberlain signed the letter, Samar asked the legal department for another contract, which was the "Agent Appointment Agreement".
According to the economic law of California, where Golden State is located, a person needs a "Brandman Qualification Certificate" if he wants to become a broker, and to become a broker of public figures in the sports or entertainment industry, he needs a "Intermediate Broker Qualification Certificate".
Del Cole, the chief legal specialist of the Warriors, does not think that Samar can have the "Intermediate Broker Qualification Certificate". It is very difficult to obtain such a certificate in the United States. Not only do you have to learn the broker's business knowledge and operational skills, but you also have to learn and study the development and direction of the sports market.
As a result, Samar took out the "Senior Broker Qualification Certificate" from his bag, and Delcole's eyes almost fell out when he saw this scene.
Only Chamberlain was a rough grass bird at the scene, and the rest were all experts. When Samar took out this thing, Old Nelson was shocked and asked, "Man, you surprised me so much. How could you have this thing?"
Chapter completed!